Apparatus for hygienic and therapeutical purposes.



PATENTED FEB. 14, 1905.

J. M. A. LAGOMME. v APPARATUS FOR HYGIENIG AND THERAPEUTIGAL PURPOSES.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT-3. 1903.

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PATENTED FEB. 14, 1905. v

J. M. A. LAGOMME.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 3, 1903.

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' PATENT OFFICE. I

JEAN MARIE AUGUSTE LACOMME, or NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WALTER LAUDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. I

APPARATUS FOR HYGIENIC: Ann THERAPEUTICALPQRPOSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1%. 782,400, dated February 14, 1905.

Application filed September 3, 1903. Serial No. 171,723.

To all whom it may concerr and'a resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Hy-' gienic and Therapeutical Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus'de signed for hygienic and t'herapeutical purposes, the object being to provide a'device constructed and arranged to transform, vary," modify, or change the atmosphere in such manner that its action upon the human system through pulmonary breathing will be beneficial to'health, conducive to longevity, and also capable of purifying and preserving solid or liquid food substances.

With these and other ends in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts,as will be hereinafter fully described, and

pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is 9, by which the device may be suspended from the ceiling or other suitable portions of the room or compartment in which it is to'be' operated. Upon the lower disk 8 is supported a glass tube or cylinder 10, the upper portion of which is provided with the perforations 11, the lower end of the cylinder or tube being imperforate in order to receive and contain a suitable quantity "of water-or other liquids to be hereinafter referred to, the ex treme upper edge 12 of the tube being preferably flanged over and supported on the upper surface of the disk 7, through which the tube passes. Into the glass tube 10 are extended the lower portions of the electrodes 13 14, consisting of glass or metal tubes, platinum preferred, each having a wire or electric conductor passing down through the sameand containing at the lower end a small quantity ofmercury or graphite or other suitable materialin which the wires terminate,

the upper ends of. the electrodesbeing covered or protected by insulating materiahforming handles 15 16, and provided withthe bind ling-posts 17, by means of which connection is made with the wires for supplying'the current to the electrodes. separating and holding in their proper .positionsthe electrodes13 14 I provide-adjustable plates 18- 19, through which the elec- For the purpose of.

trodes pass, one plate sliding upon the other and held by the screw 19, and also a similar device 21, resting upon the upper end of the glass tube 10, Through the upper (llSk' 7 also pass oneor more pairs of electrodes, the

number thereof depending upon-the results to be obtained, and as eaclr-is'a duplicate of fice for all. Each pair consists otth'e glass tubes 20 21, the former containing .the' wire I or electric conductor 22-and' the-latter the wire or electric] conductor 23, said wires or the other the description of one pair will suf-.

conductors terminating in a small quantity. of.

mercury 24, contained in the lowerend of the tube. 25, contained in the disk 7, allowing them to be raised or lowered, its desired, the upper endsof saidelec'trodes 2223 being covered;

withinsulating material, forming handles 26, 8":

and provided with the binding-posts 27 for securing the ends of the wires o -conductors conveying the electric current thereto.-

Upon" the lower disk8 are supported the cups or vessels 28, made of glass, platinum} sandstone, or other material, to hold or eon-"=- These electrodes pass through-sleeves tain chemical solutions or preparations, oils,--'

medical culture, perfumes, insecticides, &c.,

and into which the terminals of the electrodes i may be lowered when desired, a-lamp 29 beingplaced under one or more of the'vessels to raisethe temperature of its contents when" desired.

Passing around the upper disk 7 are the wires or conductors 30 31, the ends being connected to the binding-posts 32 33, the opposite ends being free and insulated one from the other. From the binding-posts 32 33 lead the wires or conductors 34 35 to an induction-coil 36, from which lead the wires 37 38 to the bat tery 39 or other suitable source of electricity,

one of said wiresbeing connected with the positive pole of the battery and the other the negative in order to complete the circuit, a switch 40 being provided at some suitable place in order tomake and break the circuit in the ordinary way. The several pairs of electrodes are connected to the wires- 30 31as, for instance, to the binding-post 27 of the electrode 21 is secured one end of the wire or conductor 40, the opposite end being electrically connected with the wire 31, passing around the disk and to the binding-post 27 of the electrode 21 23 is secured one end of the wire 41 the opposite end of the latter being electrically connected; to the wire 30. In other words, one electrode of a pair will receive cur.- 5

electrodes or through-the liquid into which the upperend of: the electrode 13, is secured oneend of the wireor conductor 42., the lower end of said conductor 42 being electrically 4 Wire or conductor 43, the lower end of such wire or conductor 43 being electrically connected' with the conductor 31, thecircuitbeing completed through the atmosphere between the electrodes 42 43 or through the liquidcontents of the. lower end'of: the tube g t =.post, so that the wires or conductors w ll be 10 when the electrodes are lowered therein.

In practice when the circuit is completed at the switch'40 the current will flow through the wires 30 31 intothe' electrodes electricallyconnected therewith, a series of sparks passing between the electrodes constituting each pair,

5 vrent and simultaneously with the resultant rent from the negative pole and the other elec-' trode of the pair the current from'the positive pole of the battery, the circuit being completed through the atmosphere between the? the lower ends or terminals of the electrodes are inserted when in their lowered adjustment. r The central pair of electrodes isconnected upas followsz-To'the binding-post 17, forming the result being that the atmosphere ionized and ozonized with other modifications ozone and the various gases generatedbyithe' chemical or therapeutic and hygieniciprflepa; rations contained in the severalireeeptacles T For containing the fluorescent bodiesI Ito-1" vide a cup or receptacle 44*, supported on the f7 auxiliary frame 45, secured to thejupper port tion of the main frame 6, and to which cup" or receptacle are secured the wires or conductors 46 47,- said wires at their opposite ends being electrically connected to thewires 1:75 30 31,'said cup or receptacle;44consisting of two insulated sections-X: Y, whereby the. 1 'circuitwill be completed through the fluorescent material contained therein; T- L; f Whendesired, one or more pairsof elec trodes may'be lowered until their-terminals ;;are immersed in the liquids contained in the several'cups below them, the circuitbetween'; ?the electrodes in such instancesbeing cornpleted through the water. orchemical prefiwf firations contained in the cups',' the water or chemical preparations being thereby dee -1, iposed and the atmosphere charged with the iresultant gases. If d-esired,,a'lso the outer; lsurfaces' of one. pain ofelectrodes may be" WOllIlCl' or partially wound with the wires or conductors-51,52, as -illustrated in Fig. 2',the

upper ends Poi" these wires 'passing through, the insulated handles and. connected to the: binding-posts 27 at the upper ends. of the ielectrodes and the lower'ends'of said wires or conductors becoming terminals, approaclk. ing'each other a greater or less distancej If ;theintensity of the sparks or current passing 5 'between the electrodes'is to I be decreased ()IJ IOO diminished, one of the-external wiresas, for instance, the wire5lw ill be disconnectedfrom its binding-post 27, the'result being that the disconnected external wire 51' will become charged with electricityfromfthe -m5 mire-22 by induction throughithe glass tube ;and the spark or current therebydecifeased. iIf the intensity of the spark or current is tobe increased, both of said outeri .wires 51 52 -will berdirectly connected to the bindin g-- {directly charged from the binding-post in stead of a by induction and the spark thereby Zincreased or intensified, Agaim-jt desired, 1 ith'e' glass tubes forming part 'of' the Lelec-f trodes maybe enlarged at certainp'ointsin'= Itheir length, as illustrated at 5,3, liig. 3, form ing receptacles for containing fine platinum wire or any other suitable metallic substande,

these bulbs or receptacles acting asre'servoirs- 1 for the'electric' current; To increasethesurw face of the central pair of electrodes, the latter may'be shaped or formed as illustrated 1 in Fig. 4-that is, ofspiral form, the spirals 54of each electrode being placed directlyop- 5 posite those otthe other electrodes in order that the sparks may pass from one to the other throughout the entire length of the electrode. Again, instead of the open-cup 44 for containing the fluorescent bodies I may em- 3 Patent, is

ploy the tube 55, Fig. 5, the fluorescent body 56 being contained therein. and in some instances utilize a vacuum-tube for increasing or diminishing the radio activity of the fluorescent material.

If desired, a thermometer 57 may be secured to the frame of the device in order to indicate at all times the temperature of the room.

The device may be employed with beneficial results in any and all places where it is desired to change or modifythe atmosphere, especially in sick-rooms, hospitals, operatingrooms, in schools, barracks theaters, &c., and

also in storage-rooms" employed for the purpose of preserving meats and vegetables.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a frame having two disks supported therein and located one above the other, of one or more'pairs of electrodes movable toward e'ach other, and receptac'lessupported by said lower disk immediately below the ends of said eiectrodes and adapted to con tain liquids into which the lower-ends of said electrodes may be lowered, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a framehaving two disks secured thereto and located one above the other, of a tube supported on and by said disks and having its upper portion perforated, and

pairs of electrodes supported on said upper disk and extending downwardly within said tube, and means for adjusting the electrodes toward and away from each other, substantially as described.

the combination with aframe, of'one or more pairs of electrodes supported therein and con-. nected with a suitablesource of electricity, each of said electrodes consisting of a glass tube, having a wire or conductor contained therein and the outer surface of said glass tube being wound or wrapped with a wire or. 'conductor and also connected to a suitable source of electricity, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with one or more pairs of electrodes, each consisting of a glass tube containing a wire or conductor surrounded by an insulating-tube, the lower end of the latter being filled with mercury in which the said wire terminates, and the upper end with a bindingpost, to Whichsaid wire is secured by means of electrically charging said electrodes, substantially as described. l

5, In a device of the character described, the combination with a frame, of one or more pairs of electrodes removably held therein and adjustable toward each other, each of said electrodes consisting of aconductor surround ed by a glass tube, the lower. end of the latter containing mercury in which said conductor terminates, and receptacles supported onand by said frame and below the ends of said electrode into and out of which the latter maybe moved, substantially as described.

Signed at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 1st day of September, A. D. 1903.

' JEAN MARIE AUeUSTEILACOMME.

Witnesses:

M. VAN NORTWICK', .T. A. Huenns. 

